Chicago Restaurant Week
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Chicago Restaurant Week, is an event held once a year for seventeen days in which participating restaurants in Chicago offer prix fixe lunches and dinners. A celebration of Chicago's culinary scene featuring some of the finest restaurants, this can be a fraction of the usual prices.
The event is held in early winter (January). Chicago Restaurant Week has been hosted for 16 years as of January 2023.{{Cite news|url=https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2023/01/11/chicago-restaurant-week-2023|title=17 New Restaurants to Try During Chicago Restaurant Week 2023|last=Hautzinger|first=Daniel|date=2023-01-11|work=WTTW|access-date=2023-01-17|language=en-US|issn=}}
History
Chicago Restaurant Week began as a celebration of the city's award-winning culinary scene. The event brought together the city's top restaurants, representing a near-endless array of cuisines. Tim Zagat and Joe Baum are credited for the "first restaurant week". Tim Zagat in a 2010 The Atlantic article said that he did not see or dream of the possibility of using American Express and Coca-Cola as sponsors for future events at the time.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/08/how-restaurant-week-became-restaurant-month/61215/|title=How Restaurant Week Became Restaurant Month|last=Zagat|first=Tim|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2017-07-12|language=en-US}}
Chicago Restaurant Week celebrated its 16th anniversary in 2023,{{cite news |title=16th Annual Chicago Restaurant Week Kicks Off in Less Than a Month |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/16th-annual-chicago-restaurant-week-kicks-off-in-less-than-a-month/3033842/ |accessdate=17 Jan 2023 |work=NBC Chicago |date=2022-12-30}}
The program continues annually as of 2023.
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www.choosechicago.com/chicago-restaurant-week/#:~:text=Chicago%20Restaurant%20Week%20Chicago%20Restaurant%20Week%20is%20a,top%20restaurants%2C%20representing%20a%20near-endless%20array%20of%20cuisines. |title=Chicago Restaurant Week|website= Choose Chicago|location=Chicago}}